Skateboard starlet Sky Brown made history as Great Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic medalist by clinching bronze in Tokyo, but remarkably was not the most youthful face on the podium as 12-year-old Kokona Hiraki won silver. Read Full A...

With the Covid pandemic forcing many out of work, over 11.5 million Americans are behind on rent, that includes 1 in 5 renters with children. Read Full Article at RT.com

A ship that was believed to have been hijacked in the Gulf of Oman is now safe, the Royal Navy’s vessel-tracking agency has said, after Iran was accused of being behind the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com

A standoff between security officers and an unknown man wielding what appears to be a grenade has reportedly broken out in the doorway of the Ukrainian cabinet building, with local media publishing shocking footage from the scene. Read ...

Russia needs to upgrade the Northern Sea Route to make it an international transportation corridor allowing all-season transfer of cargo through the Arctic, the first deputy prime minister says. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police in Nashville, Tennessee have released chilling footage of several officers fatally shooting a gunman who wounded three of his co-workers. Authorities have opened an investigation into the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Two trains have collided in Milavce village in the Czech Republic, near the town of Domazlice on the western border, killing two and injuring over 30. Rescue services are at the scene. Read Full Article at RT.com

Belarusian Olympic sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, who says officials from her country tried to force her to fly home from Tokyo, has left Japan on a flight to Austrian capital Vienna. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Food and Drug Administration hopes to grant full authorization for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported, putting the agency slightly ahead of the president’s estimate of “early fall.�...

Boeing has canceled an unmanned test flight for its Starliner vessel, which was set to visit the International Space Station, delaying the launch before calling it off indefinitely over issues with the craft’s propulsion system. Read ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake erupted off Japan’s eastern coast, with shaking felt all the way in Tokyo, around 200 kilometers away from the epicenter, according to journalists visiting the city to cover the Olympics. Read Full Article a...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who rose to national prominence last year after they aimed guns at a group of protesters in their gated St. Louis community, resulting in misdemeanor charges. Read ...

A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration, putting a temporary block on the executive order issued by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that sought to crack down on transport of illegal immigrants by federal authorities. Read Ful...

A Belarusian group aiming to help athletes involved in peaceful protests has appealed for funding for Kristina Timanovskaya's housing costs in Poland, while her husband has admitted he fears for their parents in their homeland. Read Ful...

The mayor of a town in southwestern Turkey has desperately called for a firefighting helicopter or plane with night vision to be sent to the area, as disastrous wildfires close in on his town and its thermal power plant. Read Full Artic...

In a move President Joe Biden admitted might be an end-run around the US Constitution, the federal health authority has imposed a new 60-day moratorium on evictions, as Democrats who failed to pass it in Congress cheered. Read Full Arti...

As New York City’s Covid-19 vaccination pass was embraced by the same people who denounced voter ID requirements as racist, critics pointed out that it would disproportionately harm African Americans. It didn’t seem to matter. Read ...

Ex-Olympic champ Svetlana Zhurova has claimed that Japan has been awarded medals at the Games as a form of gratitude for continuing as hosts despite the pandemic, adding that the judging would be scandalized if it was in Russia. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden has suggested New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign, standing by the recommendation he made when the once-favored Democrat was initially accused of sexual misconduct by 11 women. Read Full Article at RT.com...

An investigation has concluded that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former state employees, civilians, and even a state trooper on his security detail. The governor is crying foul. Read F...

Former Belarusian Olympic heptathlete Yana Maksimava has offered her backing to asylum-seeking Kristina Timanovskaya, admitting that she would fear for her life in the country and explaining why she left her homeland for Germany. Read F...

Premier League footballers have decided that they will continue to take the knee during the upcoming 2021/2022 football season, announcing a move that has again split fans online but is supported "wholeheartedly" by league bosses. Read ...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Jewish state’s new government of surrendering its independence to the US with its “no surprises” policy, which he said could tie Tel Aviv’s hands. Read Full Articl...

Continuous reports about security incidents in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea are “highly suspicious”, Iran has said as the UK’s maritime trade agency reported a fresh “potential hijacking” off the coast of the UAE. Read...

Dramatic footage of an airline passenger being duct-taped to a seat mid-flight after allegedly punching and groping flight attendants is causing a stir on social media, and has prompted the airline to investigate. Read Full Article at R...

Speaking to reporters a day after failing with three snatches at the Tokyo Olympic Games, transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has said she anticipates "the end of my journey" in sport and claimed some react to her with "fear". Read ...

Multiple explosions and gunfire could be heard in downtown Kabul as the residence of the country’s defense minister came under attack by suicide bombers. The minister and his family are reportedly safe, but there are casualties. Read ...

Researchers have warned that men will dramatically outnumber women in the coming decades because of “cultural preferences” for boys and the prevalence of sex-selective abortion in certain countries. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Gwen Berry, the hammer throw hopeful who faced the stands rather than the American flag while holding up a protest shirt and claimed the US national anthem "speaks to slaves" of "our blood being slain", has failed to win a medal. Read F...

An LGBT family who faced a backlash after being featured in an advert for a popular upmarket Russian grocery store has migrated to Barcelona with the intention of starting a “new life” away from the spotlight and online abuse. Read ...

The combined wealth of Russia’s billionaires has increased by a whopping $39.4 billion since the start of the year, with steel and mining entrepreneur Alexey Mordashov seeing his personal fortune grow by a massive $6.14 billion. Read ...

A black Labour MP has reignited debate on race identity in the UK, complaining that the 2021 census did not give him or his family the ability to correctly define their ethnic group, asking why he couldn’t be “black English.” Read...

US President Joe Biden has praised two Capitol Police officers who died by suicide last month as “American heroes” for their service during the January 6 riot, which he described as an attack on “our very democracy.” Read Full A...

Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has suggested the FBI knew more about the alleged planning of the January 6 Capitol riot than they have let on. His comments were made in a private conversation captured by the media. Read Full Article ...

A brain expert has received a mixed reaction after warning football leaders that they need to consider "some other form of the game" that could include not heading the ball, speaking after a new study on dementia was published. Read Ful...

The BBC has been mocked for decimating debate over transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard's Tokyo 2020 inclusion by threatening to block Twitter accounts responding unfavourably to an article, all under the guise of combatting hate. Read Fu...

Chinese officials mocked The Washington Post and The New York Times for putting the United States first or “tied” with China in its coverage of the Tokyo Olympics, despite China receiving more gold medals. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Canadian athlete and OnlyFans model Alysha Newman has told her army of admirers that she is "so happy" her Olympic stint is over, failing with all three of her pole vault attempts as she fell well short of her gold medal ambition. Read ...

A police officer was killed in a stabbing attack at the Pentagon bus and rail transit center, which caused the US Defense Department to go into lockdown. Reports said the suspect was fatally shot. Read Full Article at RT.com

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said Israel is able to “act alone” against Iran, following a fatal attack on an oil tanker which Tel Aviv, the US and UK claim was carried out by Tehran. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced an aggressive new strategy to get people vaccinated against Covid-19, confirming that activities like indoor dining and attending gyms will soon be exclusively for the inoculated. Read Fu...

France’s National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) has confirmed that three French journalists had their devices infected with the Israeli spyware Pegasus. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly covered up the killing of six Palestinians, including a baby, after “mistakenly” shelling an area housing Bedouin farmers in an operation in the Gaza Strip during the 11-day war in May. Rea...

American gymnastics great Simone Biles, who pulled out of the team final and a series of other events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, has said she was "doing this for me" after winning beam bronze in the finale. Read Full Article at RT...

If the race to be 'wokest' was an Olympic sport, big brands and global media would be leading the field with their destruction of their own reputations to support the downfall of women’s sport in the name of social justice. Read Full ...

Wrestler Musa Evloev landed the 13th gold medal of the Tokyo Games for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team with victory in the Greco-Roman 97kg final, but Armenian rival Artur Aleksanyan appeared disgruntled at the result. Read Ful...

The recent deadly South African riots sought to topple President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the worst may be yet to come, a veteran politician and Zulu tribal leader has told RT. Read Full Article at RT.com

North Korea has hit out at the UK after Britain announced it would be permanently stationing two ships in the Asia-Pacific, claiming that London would be better off focusing on Brexit rather than “restoring its declining status.” Re...

The EU has recognized vaccine certificates from San Marino as equivalent to its own Digital COVID Certificate. Most of the population of the tiny European country have been inoculated with the Russian-produced Sputnik V formula. Read Fu...

Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya has revealed she wants to continue her career and will never return to her homeland, speaking after claiming asylum in Poland following the scandal that erupted over her Olympics exit. Read Full...

Pakistan has announced that it hit the milestone of administering one million Covid vaccinations in a day, shortly after a deadline for compulsory vaccination was set for certain categories of people. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) will kick off in Vladivostok, Russia on September 2. The forum’s main goal is to boost the economic development of Russia’s Far East and international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. Read Ful...

England and Wales suffered a record high number of drug deaths in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, following in the footsteps of Scotland and the United States, which experienced a similar rise. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of Alexey Navalny’s closest associates, lawyer and activist Lubov Sobol, has been sentenced to a year and a half of restrictions over her role in coordinating unauthorized protests in support of the jailed opposition figure. Read ...

Crimea will never be Russian and its return to Kiev's control is inevitable. That's according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who explained his belief that his fellow countrymen love the peninsula more than Russians do. Read ...

The world's most expensive footballer, Neymar, has been ridiculed by fans after photos emerged of the Brazil striker aboard a yacht in Ibiza, showing him appearing to be carrying a little extra weight close to the new season. Read Full ...

An episode of US kids’ cartoon ‘Muppet Babies’ has drawn the ire of many on social media, including conservative pundit Candace Owens, after a male character, Gonzo, donned a dress and declared himself to be “Gonzorella”. Read...

A livid Danish cyclist has been accused of not looking at the track amid calls for his team to be ousted from the gold medal race at the Olympic Games, where he screamed at his British rival after crashing into him from behind. Read Ful...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has penned an article arguing that Russians and Ukrainians, despite the differences between their two governments since the 2014 Maidan, are actually one people, with a shared history and culture. Read F...

Team GB cycling duo Katie Archibald and Neah Evans smashed the world record before almost wrecking their Olympic medal chances as they crashed into other in baffling scenes on the track in Tokyo. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s latest strategy to stop the spread of Covid is wreaking havoc on the country’s economy. An app pings people on their smart phones if they’ve come into contact with anyone infected, forcing them to quarantine for 10 days. ...

With Taliban fighters gaining ground as American troops prepare for a total pullout from Afghanistan by next month, one of Russia’s top foreign policy officials has said that there is still hope for peace and regional security. Read F...

Australia’s Defense Department has released a four-year plan to tackle “serious and systemic” failures in its military structure and culture – eight months after a bombshell probe into war crimes in Afghanistan. Read Full Articl...

The Caucasus nation of Georgia is making its Western sponsors unhappy again. The ruling party, Georgian Dream, has ditched a pact designed to soothe tensions in a fiery internal political dispute which spilled over into violence. Read F...

Sweden’s health authority has announced that most Swedes are likely to be offered a Covid booster shot in 2022, while vulnerable people could receive their third shot this autumn. Read Full Article at RT.com

Injured UFC star Conor McGregor has confirmed his participation in a celebrity wheelchair boxing match before swiftly pulling out of the contest – then shared a snap of himself puffing on what he appeared to call a "big blunt". Read F...

North Korea wants international trade sanctions to be lifted before it resumes talks on denuclearization with the US, South Korean legislators have said after being briefed by the country’s main spy agency. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The shares of China's largest computer game developer, Tencent, lost over 10% on the Hong Kong Exchange, followed by other major gaming developers, amid reports Beijing is prepping to tighten control over the online gaming sector. Read ...

Russian boxer Muslim Gadzhimagomedov spoke about the inspiration he shares with UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov from a song about their Dagestani homeland, as the heavyweight booked a spot in the final in Tokyo. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Troubled American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles produced a superb performance on her surprise return for the balance beam final at the Olympic Games, earning bronze behind Chinese teenagers Chenchen Guan and Tang Xijing. Read Full A...

Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s new president, has used his inauguration speech to vow to work towards lifting “tyrannical” sanctions imposed on Tehran by the US, and to improve living standards for Iranians. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The cryptocurrency market is facing more regulation in the US as Washington looks for new sources of money to fund the government’s massive infrastructure spending plan. Read Full Article at RT.com

In the wake of passionately addressing her feelings about her origins in the Siberian Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk region, Russian sharp shooter Svetlana Gomboeva has sent a message to her "haters" who "criticize me". Read Full Arti...

China says it will start a city-wide testing campaign after authorities detected cases of the contagious Delta variant in Wuhan, the metropolis where the Covid-19 pandemic is believed to have started nearly two years ago. Read Full Arti...

Vitaly Shishov, the head of an association of Belarusians living abroad in Ukraine, has been found dead in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, police say. The activist disappeared while out running, sparking fears online for his safety. Read F...

The recent attack on a vaccination site in Poland was a “terrorist attack” incited by an online disinformation campaign, the health minister said, promising to fight against hatred toward medical workers. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Dove are facing a boycott from women disgusted at the toiletries company's "virtue-signalling" support for transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard at Tokyo 2020, which some interpreted as "celebrating the end of women's sport". Read Ful...

US officials have waded into the row surrounding Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, accusing Minsk of disregarding “basic rights”, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched a formal investigation. Read Ful...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its largest-ever distribution of monetary reserves totaling $650 billion to help the global economy recover from the Covid pandemic and ease the mounting debt of member states. Read Ful...

After hearing union complaints about the vote in Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama facility, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may recommend another election due to violations of labor law – but the decision isn’t final yet. Read...

The nascent pro-Trump social network Gettr has been inundated by material sympathetic to Islamic State, according to a Politico analysis of its content, which eventually admits Twitter and Facebook are dealing with the same issue. Read ...

Two Washington, DC police officers who took part in the response to the riot in the US Capitol have taken their own lives, their department confirmed, bringing the total number of police suicides in the wake of the unrest to four. Read ...

Health departments across California’s Bay Area have reintroduced indoor mask mandates, requiring residents in eight regions to don face coverings – vaccinated or not – as officials point to the rapid spread of the Delta variant. ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has promised there will be a “collective response” to the attack on the Israeli-operated tanker off Oman, which Washington blames on Tehran, as Iran vowed a response of its own to any threat. Rea...

The Washingtonian magazine kicked off a wave of mockery after reporting that the journalist who posted photos of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser breaking masking guidance was – shockingly – not invited to the event. Read Full Article at RT.c...

FBI agents have been using photos of female staffers in undercover sex trafficking operations, including one time without written permission, the Department of Justice’s inspector general has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former child prodigy Anastasiia Iliankova was overwhelmed with emotion after the late entrant to the Russian Olympic Games team won silver on the uneven bars in Tokyo, completing a remarkable comeback from injury and exclusion. Read Ful...

As more migrants illegally crossing the US-Mexico border test positive for Covid-19, a coalition of nonprofits is suing the Biden administration for not repealing a policy that would expel them on grounds of public health. Read Full Art...

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) says he has tested positive for Covid-19 “even after being vaccinated” and will quarantine for 10 days, but he credited the jab for the fact he only has mild symptoms. Read Full Article at R...

There was an unexpected visitor to a Russian Premier League match on Monday as a snake in the grass entered the home box, tried to evade stadium staff and forced a referee to temporarily stop the action at Chechnya's Akhmat Arena. Read ...

Super-supple sensation Angelina Melnikova has secured a hat-trick of medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, winning a bronze in the floor exercise gymnastics competition under the Russian Olympic Committee banner. Read Full Article at ...

A German frigate has set sail for the South China Sea for the first time in some two decades as part of a six-month mission, as Berlin pledges its commitment to its allies and to ‘freedom of navigation’. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has called on private businesses to refuse service to unvaccinated customers, admitting his own government lacks legal standing to declare a sweeping statewide mandate. Read Full Article at RT.com

A notorious video blogger from Tajikistan has been sentenced to 28 months behind bars by a Russian court after a tasteless prank in which he pretended to be infected with coronavirus caused Moscow’s metro to sound the alarm. Read Full...

Russia is still running an old economic model that has outlived its usefulness, and the country needs to transition to a modern, investment-based economy to stimulate growth, boost exports and have more of an impact worldwide. Read Full...

Russian long jump star Darya Klishina has bemoaned the injury that cut short her Olympic efforts and caused her to leave the Tokyo track in a wheelchair, but nonetheless wished her rivals well in their final this week. Read Full Article...

A politician has called on Israel to allow civil marriage as a "basic right" after the mother of Artem Dolgopyat, the nation's new Olympic champion, claimed the Ukraine-born star cannot marry his girlfriend under religious rules. Read F...

British MPs who sit on influential parliamentary groups while holding plum industry jobs are the subject of a conflict of interest inquiry by the House of Commons Standards Committee, which is probing backdoor lobbying. Read Full Articl...

Doctors in Nigeria have begun an indefinite strike over what they say are late payment of wages and Covid allowances, as well as poor working conditions. The industrial action comes as hundreds of Covid cases are recorded daily. Read Fu...

Sudesh Amman, the knife-wielding attacker who stabbed two people on Streatham High Road last year, was released from prison days before the assault, despite officials raising concerns about his “extremist views.” Read Full Article a...